Impact
Connecting our films to communities. Inspiring audiences to take action.
Indie Lens Pop-Up: Partnering with Communities
ITVS filmmakers want more than a big audience. They work with local public media stations and other champions to spark conversations.
Drove millions of dollars in donations for gender-equity causes through Women and Girls Lead, an international public media campaign using 60 films to reach 59 million viewers.
Featuring documentaries seen on PBS’s Independent Lens, this neighborhood series brings people together for film screenings and locally-driven conversations. Online and in over 90 cities across the U.S.
Partnering with organizations in eight countries, this global campaign uses storytelling to create social change—from increasing girls’ access to education to reducing child marriage and gender-based violence.
Connecting you to new and targeted communities, this digital platform lets you screen your film and lead a conversation, engage with panelists, and answer poll questions from any desktop or mobile device. Over 50,000 attendees and counting.
For Educators
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From our blog
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Television Academy Selects ITVS as Recipient of 2017 Governors Award
August 9, 2017Television Academy Selects ITVS as recipient of 2017 Governors Award
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ITVS Board Elects Two New Members
April 20, 2017ITVS is pleased to announce that Delida Costin and Sharon La Cruise have joined our Board of Directors.
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Dawn Porter's "TRAPPED" Wins Peabody Award
April 19, 2017ITVS-funded film TRAPPED wins a 2017 Peabody Award, and four more ITVS films were finalists.